through these laws that they have passed. >> another stalemate possibly ahead. remember, the the government's credit rating has been it downgraded it because they believe the lawmakers did not cut spending so we could be in for that again if there is no agreement >> catherine: thank you, dan your tax rate may not be changing under the fiscal cliff agreement,but your paychecks will be smaller, starting with the next one. a 2 percent social security tax break that everyone enjoyed last year is going away. kron4's alecia reid has more. >> get ready, you were born to notice some changes. you're going to notice -- with a break in the social security were reduced to help stimulate the economy. it was countdown to the amount of 4.2%. now those will increase to the normal a 6.2%. anybody with a gross income of $50,000 there is $1,000 tax. the higher the salary, the greater the tax. >> if you make one half million dollars? we're talking $40 million less. when we take a look at that amount of money that consumers are not anticipating. we are going to see differences in co